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228625

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding from her Department is currently held by Microking in Zimbabwe; and what steps her Department is taking to recover those funds.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	228431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID has not provided any funding directly to Microking in Zimbabwe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 228432 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

228626

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to Microking in Zimbabwe in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	228432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID has not provided any funding directly to Microking in Zimbabwe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 228431 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

457094

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zambia: Vedanta
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received on alleged breaches of international environmental law by UK firm Vedanta Resources in Zambia.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	29422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Vedenta Resources has no formal relationship with our DFID Zambia office.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 29420 question first answered 09/03/2016 17:50:22 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

457098

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zambia: Vedanta
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on alleged river and soil pollution in Zambia by the UK firm Vedanta Resources.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	29420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Vedenta Resources has no formal relationship with our DFID Zambia office.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 29422 question first answered 09/03/2016 17:50:22 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

175784

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	World Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the World Bank's environmental and social safeguard policies take account of the rights and needs of (a) LGBT people and (b) other vulnerable groups.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	221929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government attaches considerable importance to the current review of the World Bank’s Safeguards Framework. We have been strongly engaged throughout both with UK civil society organisations and the World Bank, most recently at UK consultation meetings on 19-20 January. At these, discussions with the Bank included a specific focus on how the safeguards will ensure proper consideration and risk management for vulnerable or disadvantaged groups such as women, the disabled and LGBT people. The Government will continue to raise these points as the review progresses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/02/2015 17:14:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

155531

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many medical professionals, normally based in the UK, have volunteered to assist in West African countries regarding the Ebola crisis in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	214239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Over 1,000 medical staff who are based in the UK have volunteered to assist in the response to Ebola in West Africa through UK-Med, who are coordinating volunteers from the NHS through their International Emergency Medical Register (UKIEMR), and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/11/2014 16:37:39 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

156619

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of how much her Department has spent on specific steps to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	215223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Tackling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a top priority for my department. The UK is leading the international response in Sierra Leone and to date has committed £230 million to fight the disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 26/11/2014 16:28:58 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

164417

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid has been given to countries affected by the Ebola epidemic in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	215624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK has provided £65.7 million in 2011, £73 million in 2012 and £82.4 million in 2013 of direct, bilateral Official Development Assistance to countries affected by Ebola (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea). Additional aid to these countries has been provided by the UK through the multilateral aid system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 01/12/2014 16:44:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

168993

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are currently in West Africa assisting with the Ebola epidemic; and what steps have been taken to ensure that those people are given the maximum possible protection against that virus.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	217992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Over 800 Ministry of Defence personnel have been deployed to Western Africa. As of 12 December there are 58 NHS volunteers in Sierra Leone and over 125 UK civilian Government personnel based in Sierra Leone. The safety of all UK staff is paramount and to that end, all medical staff deploying to Sierra Leone receive specialist pre-deployment training as well as further training and mentoring in-country to ensure safety procedures are followed at all times.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 15/12/2014 11:05:09 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

170509

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling Ebola in West Africa.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	906680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK is leading the international response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. We have already committed £230m, delivered over 880 treatment and isolation beds, opened three laboratories and doubled the number of burial teams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:16:20 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass